There is now a wait list available for Quiet Creek Herb Farm on May 16 and Zoo Life: A Behind the Scenes Look on March 28. You may still register, but your participation will depend on cancellations.
There is still plenty of room for the Penn State University Campus Visit on April 1, Know How 2 Go on March 14, Four Minutes to Choose a Career on March 27, and Lit Lunch - Feed Your Need for a Good Read on April 25.
Questions? Give us a call.
-Rhonda
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Art Contest at Pier One
Pier One is sponsoring an art contest for their annual UNICEF card. Kids up to and including age 14 are eligible to enter. The prize is a $5000 scholarship. If you decide to enter (and are a program participant), let me know and I'll feature your art in the next ETS newsletter and on our website!
-Rhonda
http://tinyurl.com/ccn77v
-Rhonda
http://tinyurl.com/ccn77v
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Spring Dates
ETS participants - please note the following scheduling information -
Zoo Life (Pittsburgh Zoo program) - March 28, 2009
Penn State University Campus Visit - scheduled for April 1, 2009
Call or email me for more information.
-Rhonda
Zoo Life (Pittsburgh Zoo program) - March 28, 2009
Penn State University Campus Visit - scheduled for April 1, 2009
Call or email me for more information.
-Rhonda
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Second Life
Hi everyone - I am sending greetings from the chocolate capital of the world - Hershey! Anyway, I have been in technology workshops for the last few days, trying to come up with some great ideas for workshops - maybe even for this summer. Anyway, I just sat through a session on Second Life and got to visit a medical school's emergency room. If any of you (Clarion ETS participants) are doing cool things on Second Life, let me know. I'm anxious to hear what you think. Leave a comment or email me. -Rhonda
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Clarion Hospital Announces Scholarships
(Note - I've fixed the link below; the link provided by the hospital does not work.)
Clarion Hospital Foundation is seeking applicants for the following:
-Dr. John E, Brooks Memorial Scholarship, $1000
-Joseph and Helen Miller Memorial Scholarships (2), $1000 each
-Fran Shope Memorial Scholarships (2), $1000 each
Students must be a graduate (or future graduate) of a Clarion County School, be accepted for a post-secondary health care education, maintain a 3.0 or better in the final three years of high school, and plan to pursue education in the medical field.
Applications are available at Clarion Hospital.
Deadline is March 31.
Clarion Hospital Foundation is seeking applicants for the following:
-Dr. John E, Brooks Memorial Scholarship, $1000
-Joseph and Helen Miller Memorial Scholarships (2), $1000 each
-Fran Shope Memorial Scholarships (2), $1000 each
Students must be a graduate (or future graduate) of a Clarion County School, be accepted for a post-secondary health care education, maintain a 3.0 or better in the final three years of high school, and plan to pursue education in the medical field.
Applications are available at Clarion Hospital.
Deadline is March 31.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Venango Campus Film Series - FREE!!
The Clarion University–Venango Campus Independent Film Series, which features films from independent filmmakers from Germany, France, Ireland, Afghanistan, South Africa, and the United States, is free and open to the public. All films will be shown in the Robert W. Rhoades Center Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. For questions regarding the series or any of the films, please contact Emily Aubele at 676-6591, ext. 1269.
February 7 – The Kite Runner PG-13 – The plot of the movie follows that of the novel by the same name. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
February 14 – The Son (Le Fils) – The practice of work is central to Le Fils (The Son), a deceptively complex movie about revenge and redemption. The film seems straightforward enough: Olivier, a carpenter, takes on a young man named Francis as an apprentice. Francis is newly released from juvenile detention, and Olivier slowly discovers that Francis played a part in the death of his son some years earlier. Francis is unaware of the connection he shares with Olivier, this asymmetrical relationship investigates the ideas of forgiveness and vindication… The Son is ultimately a Christian allegory of one man's inchoate desire to return good for evil. French with English subtitles
February 21 – The Great Debaters PG-13 – The film, based on a true story, revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a pervasive fear for blacks. In the movie, the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University.
March 14 – Margot at the Wedding R – Margot (Nicole Kidman) is a successful but neurotic writer who brings her 11-year-old son Claude (Zane Pais) to spend a weekend visiting her free-spirited sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on the eve of her wedding to Malcolm (Jack Black). Margot disapproves of Pauline's choice of fiancé, which causes tension between the two sisters. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
March 21 – Memento R – Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line movies forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time. A memory inside a memory, Memento is a complicated head spinning adventure.
March 28 – The Wind That Shakes the Barley – Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, The Wind that Shakes the Barley is a sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-British rebellion.
April 4 – Cashback R – When art student Ben Willis loses his girlfriend, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own “art” in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it—especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.
April 11 – The Visitor PG-13 – In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he finds his life changed unexpectedly when he returns from a trip to find two illegal aliens living in his New York apartment. Writer-director Thomas McCarthy has created a wonderfully measured story about change and renewal and put it all on the shoulders of Jenkins, a largely unheralded but masterful performer whose time for renown has surely come
April 18 – Yesterday – After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. The film realistically and sensitively portrays the plight of rural South Africans living with HIV or AIDS. Zulu with English subtitles.
Posted by University Relations on 2/3/2009 3:30:00 PM
Posted with permission.
February 7 – The Kite Runner PG-13 – The plot of the movie follows that of the novel by the same name. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
February 14 – The Son (Le Fils) – The practice of work is central to Le Fils (The Son), a deceptively complex movie about revenge and redemption. The film seems straightforward enough: Olivier, a carpenter, takes on a young man named Francis as an apprentice. Francis is newly released from juvenile detention, and Olivier slowly discovers that Francis played a part in the death of his son some years earlier. Francis is unaware of the connection he shares with Olivier, this asymmetrical relationship investigates the ideas of forgiveness and vindication… The Son is ultimately a Christian allegory of one man's inchoate desire to return good for evil. French with English subtitles
February 21 – The Great Debaters PG-13 – The film, based on a true story, revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a pervasive fear for blacks. In the movie, the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University.
March 14 – Margot at the Wedding R – Margot (Nicole Kidman) is a successful but neurotic writer who brings her 11-year-old son Claude (Zane Pais) to spend a weekend visiting her free-spirited sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on the eve of her wedding to Malcolm (Jack Black). Margot disapproves of Pauline's choice of fiancé, which causes tension between the two sisters. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
March 21 – Memento R – Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line movies forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time. A memory inside a memory, Memento is a complicated head spinning adventure.
March 28 – The Wind That Shakes the Barley – Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, The Wind that Shakes the Barley is a sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-British rebellion.
April 4 – Cashback R – When art student Ben Willis loses his girlfriend, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own “art” in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it—especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.
April 11 – The Visitor PG-13 – In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he finds his life changed unexpectedly when he returns from a trip to find two illegal aliens living in his New York apartment. Writer-director Thomas McCarthy has created a wonderfully measured story about change and renewal and put it all on the shoulders of Jenkins, a largely unheralded but masterful performer whose time for renown has surely come
April 18 – Yesterday – After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. The film realistically and sensitively portrays the plight of rural South Africans living with HIV or AIDS. Zulu with English subtitles.
Posted by University Relations on 2/3/2009 3:30:00 PM
Posted with permission.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
FAFSA Completion Day - Attention Seniors
Assistance in completing the FAFSA will be offered on Saturday, February 7, 2009, from 9-noon. There will be trained professionals at two locations: Cranberry High School, Venango COunty and Clarion Free Library Community Room, Clarion County.
For more information or to register, contact the ETS office at 1-888-533-6487. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
-Rhonda
For more information or to register, contact the ETS office at 1-888-533-6487. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
-Rhonda
Monday, February 02, 2009
Six more weeks
Well, once again Punxsy Phil saw his shadow! That brings us six more weeks of winter. To me – the snow is beautiful, especially from my warm, cozy house.
So, since weather is on everyone’s mind, I thought I’d share A Career Guide for the Atmospheric Sciences from the American Meteorological Society.
-Rhonda
So, since weather is on everyone’s mind, I thought I’d share A Career Guide for the Atmospheric Sciences from the American Meteorological Society.
-Rhonda
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